Washing-machine.



No. 801,740. PATENTED 0CT.10,1905.

J. H. MYERS.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 26, 1904.

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.No. 801,740. PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905. J. H. MYERS.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001". 26, 1904.

2 SHEETS-811E111. 2.

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JOHN H. MYERS, OF'LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed October 26,1904. Serial No. 230,112.

To 111/ 'lr/mm, it 'nmy concern:

Be it known that .I, JOHN H. MYERS, of Lafayette, county of Ilippecanoe, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and use ful Washing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of washing-machines so as to render them more efficient in removing the dirt from and cleaning clothing.

One feature consists in employing a staggered revolving cylinder in which the clothing is placed, the surfaces of which are crimped or corrugated, so that the clothing may be thrown first to one side and then to the other as the cylinder revolves, such movement of the clothing assisting in removing the dirt.

Another feature consists in the periphery of the cylinder being diametrically contracted between its sides, so as to form an inwardlyextending ridged surface over which the clothing is thrown as the cylinder revolves and by which the clothing is severely rubbed.

Another feature consists in the cylinder having parallel sides, so that when the clothing is thrown from one side to the other of the cylinder it will forcibly strike the surface of the sides. In this connection an important feature is the combination, with a tank containing water, of a staggered cylinder, being mounted therein with parallel sides, so that the sides of the portion of the cylinder that extends down into the water will approach the sides of the water-tank and the water will be cornered and forced laterally through the cylinder and the clothing therein, inasmuch as the sides of the cylinder are perforated.

Another feature of the invention consists in combining balls with a cylinder having crimped walls for more effectually rubbing the clothing.

crimped surface of the cylinder the rubbing action of the balls is very materially increased.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the washing-machine referred to with the upper position of the lid shown in dotted lines. transversely through the machine.

I am aware that balls and washing cylinders are old; but when combined with the i Fig. 2 is a central vertical section Fig. 3 1s at opposite sides of the cylinder by reason the right, with the lid of the tank in its upper position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4A of Fig. I through the cylinder.

The details of construction of the form of my invention herein shown by the drawings consists in the tank 10, with legs 11 to sup port the same, and a lid 19.. The tank and the lid together are cylindrical. The tank has mounted in suitable bearings at each side of the same transverse shafts or spindles 13, that are secured centrally to the sides of the cylinder 15, and one of said shafts or spindles 13 is actuated by a crank 14. Said cylinder has parallel sides and a concave periphery that is mounted in a staggered or oblique position on the shaft 13, so that when it is rotated the lower portion thereof will approach rather closely the sides of the water-tank 10. The sides of the cylinder are crimpedthat is, the crimps or corrugations radiate from the center and are, therefore, wider near the periphery than toward the center. They are provided with perforations 1'7. The periphery is likewise corrugated and crimped, preferably in both directions, transversely and longitudinally, and the periphery is also provided with perforations. Crimping of the periphery in both directions is to effectually rub the clothing as the same rolls laterally and also longitudinally within the cylinder when the cylinder is revolved. The periphery is concave, as shown in Fig. 2-that is, the central portion is contracted as compared with the sides of the cylinder-so that the clothing when thrown from one side to the other will be rubbed by the contracted portion of the periphery.

The width of the tank is reduced so that there will be as little space as possible between the sides of the tank and the sides of the cylinder at their limits of movement. This is in order that as the cylinder is thrown from one side to the other the water will be forced back from the side of the tank through the perforated approaching side of the cylinder and to a considerable extent through the cylinder and about the clothes therein to the other side of the tank. tion of the cylinder this will cause a rush of the water from one side of the tank to the other through the cylinder and about the clothing therein.

Balls 18 are placed in the cylinder, preferably two, one for each side. They will remain a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking to i of the contracted portion thereof, which ex- In each half-revolutends inward somewhat between the balls and prevents them from being thrown to the same side. These balls roll over the clothing and over the crimps and corrugations of the cylinder and materially assist in rubbing the clothing and removing the dirt.

The cylinder is provided with a lid hinged at 19, so that it can be opened and placed inside or removed from the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing-machine, a water-tank, and a revoluble cylinder mounted in a staggered position in said tank, said cylinder being peripherally contracted between its sides.

2. In a washing-machine, a Water-tank, a

revoluble cylinder mounted in a staggered position in said tank, said cylinder being peripherally contracted between its sides, and

herein named.

JOHN H. MYERS. Witnesses:

H. E. Downs, WILLIAM A. PRESTON, 

